Publications
Understanding Anti-Roma Hate Crimes and Addressing the Security Needs of Roma and Sinti Communities: A Practical Guide
Publishing date: 18 May 2023
Collections: Guides Related to Hate Crime
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Roma and Sinti, Tolerance and non-discrimination
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The purpose of this Guide is to describe and analyze hate incidents and hate crimes faced by Roma and Sinti, as well as the corresponding security challenges.
Guidebook on Interaction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with Civil Society
Publishing date: 21 January 2022
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The Guidebook is developed in 2021 within the project "Strengthening Democratic Control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Area of Interaction with Civil Society". This Guidebook is designed to provide the necessary information for leaders at all levels of military administration who
Guidelines for Effective Performance of Municipal Coordination Mechanisms Against Domestic Violence (MCMDVs)
Publishing date: 17 May 2023
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The Guidelines for the Effective Performance of Municipal Coordination Mechanisms against Domestic Violence (MCMDV) are a practical tool to facilitate more effective and co-ordinated responses of these mechanisms to domestic violence cases at the local level. They cover the legal basis and purpose of the MCMDVs, the importance of a multi-institutional and coordinated approach, data collection and reporting, and training and capacity building for MCMDV members.
Methodological Guidelines on State-Funded Social Services Provided by NGOs
Publishing date: 28 December 2018
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Good governance
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This publication is a compilation of national and international legislation related to state-funded social services provided by NGOs, including such mechanism as social procurement. The guidelines also lists national minimum social standards set by the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine as well
Know and Act Manual
Publishing date: 8 October 2007
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Economic activities
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Based on the practices of the Anti-Corruption Public Reception Centre in Martuni, this publication aims to reduce corruption by raising public awareness on administrative procedures when dealing with local self-governing bodies and other public agencies.
Guide for Social Service Officers in Assisting Victims of Domestic Violence
Publishing date: 26 November 2021
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The objective of the “Guide for Social Service Officers in Assisting Victims of Domestic Violence” is to assist social service providers in treating victims and survivors of domestic violence with a victim-centered approach. Social service providers identify incidents of domestic violence, assist the victims and survivors in coping and recovering from the trauma they have experienced, explain the options available to victims and survivors so that they can make an informed decision about what next steps to take. The guide is drafted based on international and domestic standards and policies on prevention of domestic violence.
Recommended lexis for the subject Serbian as a non-mother tongue for the first cycle of elementary education
Publishing date: 8 November 2018
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Education, National minority issues
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The manual represents an auxiliary tool for teachers of Serbian as a non-mother tongue in the achievement of learning outcomes in the first cycle of education. It contains 600 recommended words and grammatical and semantic elements that students from first till fourth grade of elementary school need to acquire, in line with the learning outcomes and thematic units that are part of the newly adopted curriculum for Serbian as a non-mother tongue. The purpose of the manual is to enable smoother adoption of the most frequently used terminology in Serbian. The manual also includes ten illustrations which will be of practical assistance to teachers in organising the Serbian language classes. The publication is available in Serbian language only.
Hate Monitor Report, November 2021
Publishing date: 22 December 2021
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
It is important to now what is a hate crime. When a hate crime is committed, one or more perpetrators target the victim, which can be one or more people or property, because of a protected aspect of the victim's identity, such as religion or ethnicity, race, sexual orientation or disability. Similarly, a hate incident is an act of hostility motivated by prejudice or bias that does not necessarily reach the threshold of a criminal offence, or the criminal nature of which is yet to be determined. A hate crime is any crime where the perpetrator is driven by prejudice or bias. Criminal offence + bias motive = hate crime
Dictionary on Alternative Energy
Publishing date: 24 February 2007
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Environmental activities
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Based on EU directives, this dictionary aims to increase understanding of the terminology used in the field of energy security, renewable energy sources and energy efficiency.
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina Guidelines for Co-operation Between Police and Media
Publishing date: 16 April 2021
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Media freedom and development
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe